Hey~! I'm back with another chapter and this time, it's Class 1B – Cleaning Duty! Yep, you know what's it about. So, let's jump right into it shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from both Love Live and Ensemble Stars. All characters belongs to their original creator. I merely own the story of this fanfic.
Chapter 2: Class 1B – Cleaning Duty
If there's one thing that Class 1B lacks compare to 1A, it's teamwork. Especially when it comes to cleaning duty. Today was one of those days where no one even bothered to help one another with cleaning the classroom. Unfortunately for Rin, today was the day she was assigned to do the cleaning duties. With Tori.
Yes, the infamous Himemiya Tori. Who never even lift a single finger in cleaning. Thinking back to all the previous days, he would always found a way to skip cleaning.
"But that's a commoner's job!"
"Unlike you, I'm busy with the student council's work!"
"You asked me to do a pheasant's job? Go ask someone else."
Sighing, Rin recalled back to where he even went so far by ordering Yuzuru to take his place and clean the classroom. She won't deny it. It was awkward cleaning with him. Not only did he obeyed Tori's command and cleaned the whole class but he even cleaned it better than her. She could still remember that satisfying smile he put on when he finished cleaning.
Rin's train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the school bell. Almost everyone in the class immediately stuffed their books back into their bags. She glanced to the pink-haired boy at the front and she could see he was quickly cleaning his stuff, ready to leave.
"Rin-chan!" a voice called out to her. Looking at her side, Tenma stood there with his bag slung at his shoulder.
"Ready to go? Today we're having a full time practice! And I get to race against you and Ado-chan-senpai too! Isn't it exciting?" he grinned.
"Well, I like to go as soon as possible but..." she glanced at the pink-haired boy again as he got up from his seat and went towards the door.
"I have cleaning duties today." she looked at the boy beside her again. Tenma looked at the girl before he slapped his forehead as realization dawned on him.
"Oh yeah! That's right, I forgot. You have to clean the class with Tori-chan was it?"
"Hey, Tori-chan! Where are you going? Aren't you supposed to do your cleaning duty first?" Tenma spotted the pink-haired boy as he was about to leave. Tori turned around with a frown.
"Geez, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm busy and I don't see the point in cleaning the class if it's still going to be dirty." he crossed his arms, his expression completely showed dissatisfaction.
"But Tori-chan," Rin spoke up, causing the boy to frown at her next.
"I just thought that it'll be fun for once in a while if we do our cleaning duties together, you know?" she pleaded. However, Tori's face remained the same. He looked away, completely uninterested and obviously, irritated.
"Aww, come on Tori-chan! Rin-chan have been doing all the cleaning duties by herself for the past few weeks. Can't you at least help her once in a while?" Upon Tenma's question, Tori placed both of his hands at his hip as he frown at both of them.
"Geez, you guys are so persistent! Listen here, I'm going to say this once and that's it." Tori pointed his index finger to the duo.
"I'm not going to waste my precious time doing some lowly work like cleaning! Someone like me who is in the Student Council have more complicated works to do. So, I'm not going to-"
"Oh, Himemiya-kun. You're still here?" a voice spoke from behind the pink-haired boy, causing him to stop talking and turned around.
"K-Kunugi-sensei!" surprised to see the Student Council's advisor, Tori faltered back from the teacher who was standing behind him before. Even the other students were surprised to see him here.
"I heard a loud noise. Did something happened?" he asked as he looked around to see what was amiss. Tori grinned not long before his face suddenly shifted to a pleading look as he twiddled with his fingers.
"Kunugi-sensei, you need to hear this! I was about to head to the Student Council meeting room but these guys were stopping me from coming over! Can you believe them?!" he complained.
"Liar!" both Rin and Tenma yelled.
"Oh, now that you mentioned it. I have news regarding the Student Council..." he spoke up and almost immediately Tori's eyes lit up.
"Is it about work? Well, leave it to me-"
"...the meeting was canceled." the teacher announced. Almost immediately, the whole class fell into silence.
"What?"
Akiomi let out a sigh as he heard the blunt respond from the petite student.
"I don't like to repeat what I have already said. But since you weren't listening, I guess I have no choice." he leaned forward until their face were millimeters away.
"The. Meeting. Was. Canceled." Akiomi stressed each of the words with stern face. And just like that, Tori was left standing at the spot, lifeless as he absorbed the news into his brain.
"Wow, must be suck to actually not have a meeting if he makes that kind of face..." Tenma whispered. Rin could only hummed in approval.
"Now that you know, I do hoped that you'll find no problem in feeling guilty for skipping your cleaning duties anymore." That caused confusion among the students in the class.
"Huh? What do you mean by that, Kunugi-sensei?" Rin asked, slightly confused by the teacher's statement. The teacher in response, raised his left eyebrow in a questioning manner.
"I fail to see why you would ask such a question."
"Ah! I-It's nothing!" Tori tried to get the teacher's attention but to no avail as he demanded an explanation from the female in the class. Rin was hesitating since Tori was glaring at her direction as if he was telling her not to say any ridiculous things. However, another voice spoke up which no one was expecting it.
"Actually sir, Hime-kun never actually wanted to help Rin in the first place. He always used the same excuse whenever she asked him to help her out. And that was, he has work to do in the Student Council." Yuta spoke up causing the pink-haired boy to look at him in horror. Yuta however, still kept on with the same expression as if he had done nothing wrong in busting his own classmate.
"Oh...is that so, Himemiya-kun?" the teacher asked, almost nonchalantly but everyone knew there's a certain dark aura surrounding the man. Thus, began a long, painful scolding from the teacher.
"I feel bad-nyaa..." Rin said, her body slumped. Tsukasa, who was in his seat the whole time, looked over at the youngest twin.
"You really don't hold back huh?" Yuta glanced at the red-haired boy before shoving his hands into his pockets.
"It's not wrong to be honest." with that, everyone let out a sigh while Tsukasa just chuckled while mumbling something about being scary regarding the youngest twin. While the other started talking with one another, Rin looked over at the teacher and the pink-haired boy who apparently went outside the classroom to have a 'talk'. Rin mentally slapped herself at the turning events of the class. Not soon after that, Akiomi entered the classroom with Tori behind him.
"Hoshizora-kun, I already asked Himemiya-kun to cooperate with you for today's cleaning duties. You don't need to do most of the cleaning duties since you already did so for the previous weeks before. All you need to do is supervise him throughout the time you two are doing your cleaning duties." Before the female could say anything, the teacher continues on.
"IF he somehow drags around with his cleaning duties, do not hesitate to tell me. Understood?" Not wanting to upset the teacher even more, Rin nodded her head in approval.
"Y-Yes, Kunugi-sensei."
After saying his goodbyes to the students, the whole class fell into silence. Not long after that, Tori's face began to change from a frown to what looked like he was going to murder someone.
"So? What am I supposed to do?" he asked, his glare could burn holes into people.
"Ahahaha, w-well, how about we do something that is easy for you to do?" Rin suggested as she looked around to find something that Tori could do. Wiping the windows might not be bad.
"Everything I see is too troublesome..." he replied.
Letting out a sigh, Rin knew it's going to be hard to persuade the pink-haired boy to do his cleaning duty. Good thing Yuta took over as he began to recommend all the work he could do.
"Well, what about sweeping?" he asked while leaning at his own seat.
"It takes too long..."
"What about wiping the windows?"
"I don't want to dirty my hands by holding dirty rag..."
"Then what about stacking the books over there?" he pointed to the shelf at the back of the room. Tori looked at where the youngest twin pointed before glaring at back at him.
"In case you're blind, I'm short! Thank you very much!"
"Whoops, totally forgot that he's sensitive about his height..." Yuta mumbled, without any sign of guilty. Upon seeing the whole thing, Tsukasa got up from his seat as he brought everyone's attention to him.
"Alright, alright. Guys, I have an idea. So, hear me out. Why not everyone help Tori-kun with each of the cleaning duty? For example, I can help with stacking the books here. Rin-san can help with the sweeping. Tenma-kun and Shinobu-kun can help with the windows. And Yuta-kun, you can help with the dusters. How about it?" everyone was silent for a while before they agreed.
"H-Huh? Are you guys serious?" Tori asked, completely surprised by his classmates sudden agreement to help him out.
"I told you before," Rin spoke up.
"It's more fun if we all worked together. Right?" she smiled as Tori began to blush and looked away. He was not expecting any help so it was natural that he would be embarrassed.
"Alright! If that's the case, both Shinobu-chan and I will teach you how to clean the windows properly. Right, Shinobu-chan?" Tenma said, pumped up with motivation as he looked over at their silent classmate, Sengoku Shinobu.
"If I could be of any help, I'll be happy to show you how it's done, Himemiya-dono."
Speechless with the turn of events, Tori mumbled a 'thank you' and everyone began to help the pink-haired boy with various cleaning work. It was tough at first when Tori was still reluctant to do any of it but slowly, he began to follow what everyone had showed him. He may have done a sloppy job, but everyone knew he was doing a good job.
Right now, Tenma and Shinobu were watching over on how Tori was sweeping the floor. Rin smiled to herself at the sight. Their class may lack in teamwork, but one thing that they were good at, is to support one another.
~ Extra ~
"So, what am I supposed to do with these things?" Tori asked as he hold up two dusters each in his own hands. Yuta was in charge of it so naturally, he had to show how it was done.
"Oh, this one is easy. Come over here." Yuta motioned Tori to come over to the window and stand in front of it. He followed soon after, eager to finish his job. The youngest twin explained on what the pink-haired boy should do with it while the other classmates watched from their seats with a smile on their face.
"Yuta-kun is doing a good job huh?" Tsukasa said as he got up, bag in hand as he was getting ready to leave the class once they were finished.
"As expected of Yuta-kun." Shinobu agreed.
"Yeah, no doubt about that. But, somehow...something's bothering me." Tenma spoke up, causing a confusion between them. As if everyone's face urged him to continue, Tenma looked over at Rin with a worried expression.
"Hey, Rin-chan. Remember what Hana-chan said the other day? When she went for club activities, dressed in white chalk dusts? She said it was Hinata-chan who made it right?" Once she recalled it, her face was replaced with a look of concern.
"Now that you mentioned it-" but before she could even finished her sentence, the sound of POOF came from the duo at the window. Looking over at them, Yuta got a bit of white dust on his face while Tori's face was...well, completely covered in white.
"And that's how you do it. It's fun right? Well, it's getting late. So I leave first okay? See you." Just like that, he left the classroom followed by a silence. The whole class looked over at Tori without even realizing that he was shaking in anger.
"I HATE CLEANING!"
Yeah, poor Tori. I felt bad for treating him like this. But, hey, at least he got some good classmates to help him out when he's down. So, yeah, basically, what Yuta just did to him was exactly like how Hinata did to his classmates in the previous chapter. In this case, he was cleaning out the dusters way too to Tori's face. Thus, why Tori's face was covered in white.
Alright, next up will be 2A~! Whoo~! Hope you enjoyed this chapter while waiting for the next one to be uploaded. See ya!
